Mineral Specimen Images (S)

Sokolovaite: CsLi2AlSi4O10F2

Comments: BSE images of zoned lepidolite (Lpd) and Cs-dominant rim of sokolovaite (Cs) with albite (Ab). (CanMin, v47:337).
Location: Main pegmatite body in the Eastern block of the Moblan pegmatite cluster, located within the Frotet-Evans greenstone belt of the Opatica Subprovince in Quebec, Canada. Scale: See Image.
© Canadian Mineralogist

Sonolite: Mn9(SiO4)4(OH,F)2

Comments: Dark red anhedral grains of sonolite in matrix.
Location: Crouse mine, Bald Knob, Alleghany Co., North Carolina, USA. Scale: Crystal size 0.75 mm.
© Tom Loomis / Dakota Matrix

Sonoraite: Fe+++Te++++O3(OH)·(H2O)

Comments: Lime green crystalline aggregate of sonoraite.
Location: Joe Shaft, Tombstone, Cochise County, Arizona, USA. Scale: Not Given.
© Lou Perloff / Photo Atlas of Minerals

Sopcheite: Ag4Pd3Te4

Comments: B&W iamge of coarse- and fine-grained sopcheite (white SOP) occurring at the margin of bornite (BR) that has replaced chalcopyrite. (CanMin, v28:489).
Location: Geordie Lake Intrusion of the Coldwell alkaline complex, northwestern Ontario, Canada. Scale: See Imate.
© Canadian Mineralogist

Sophiite: Zn2(SeO3)Cl2

Comments: White, tabular crystal of sophiite in matrix.
Location: Great Fissure (Main Fracture) eruption, Tolbachik volcano, Kamchatka Oblast', Far-Eastern Region, Russia. Scale: Picture size 1 mm.
© Thomas Witzke / Abraxas-Verlag

Sorbyite: Pb19(Sb,As)20S49

Comments: Gray metallic sorbyite stringers in white quartz.
Location: Candelaria, Mineral County, Nevada, USA. Scale: See Photo.
© Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species

Sorensenite: Na4SnBe2Si6O18·2(H2O)

Comments: Translucent white prismatic sorensenite crystals and crystalline in dark aegirine.
Location: Kvanefjeld, Ilimaussaq, Greenland. Scale: See Photo.
© Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species

Sorensenite: Na4SnBe2Si6O18·2(H2O)

Comments: Lght pink, prismatic crystals of sorensite to 5mm in dark green aegerine matrix.
Location: Kvanefjeld, Ilimaussaq, Greenland. Scale: Picture size 1 cm.
© Tom Loomis / Dakota Matrix

Sorosite: Cu(Sn,Sb)  
Tin: Sn  
Stistaite: SnSb

Comments: Back-scattered electron image of large sorosite crystal (So=partly skeletal) adjacent to stistaite (St). Tn=native tin. Note abundant microcrystals of sorosite isolated within native tin. (AmMin 83:903).
Location: Baimka gold-platinum group mineral placer deposit, Chukotka, Russian Far East. Scale: Image Size 1.5 cm.
© American Mineralogist

Souzalite: (Mg,Fe++)3(Al,Fe+++)4(PO4)4(OH)6·2(H2O)

Comments: Blue-gray radial sprays of souzalite in brown siderite.
Location: Rapid Creek, Yukon Territory, Canada. Scale: See Photo.
© Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species

Spadaite: MgSiO2(OH)2·(H2O) (?)

Comments: Tan mottled silky fibrous spadaite, slightly flexible coatings.
Location: Palos Verdes Hills, Los Angeles County, California, USA. Scale: See Photo.
© Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species

Spangolite: Cu6Al(SO4)(OH)12Cl·3(H2O)

Comments: Blue, hexagonal (trigonal) crystals of spangolite on matrix.
Location: Blanchard mine, Bingham, Socorro County, New Mexico, USA. Scale: Not Given.
© Lou Perloff / Photo Atlas of Minerals

Spencerite: Zn4(PO4)2(OH)2·3(H2O)

Comments: Pale green pearly translucent spencerite, with divergent structure.
Location: Salmo, Nelson Mining District, British Columbia, Canada. Scale: See Photo.
© Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species

Sperrylite: PtAs2

Comments: Tin-white grain of sperrylite in chalcopyrite matrix.
Location: Vermillion mine, Sudbury, Ontario, Canada. Scale: Not Given.
© Lou Perloff / Photo Atlas of Minerals

Sperrylite: PtAs2

Comments: Brilliant, mirror-like modified octahedral crystals of sperrylite to 1.3 cm on chalcopyrite matrix..
Location: Talnak deposit, near Noril'sk, Russia. Scale: 4.4 x 2.3 x 2cm.
© Tom Loomis / Dakota Matrix

Sperrylite: PtAs2  
Cabriite: Pd2SnCu

Comments: Small crystal of dull gray cabriite on a larger tin-white sperrylite crystal.
Location: Dzhezhazgan, Kazakhstan. Scale: Crystal size 1.5 mm.
© John Veevaert

Sperrylite: PtAs2  
Cabriite: Pd2SnCu

Comments: Polished section (PPL) image of a ovoid grain of cabriite (Ca) rimmed by native silver (Ag) in a matrix of brownish cubanite (Cu), with tawny chalcopyrite (Cp). Surrounded on three sides by coarse, millimetric crystals of sperrylite (Sp).
Location: Noril’sk-Talnakh mining district of northwestern Russia. (CanMin, v40:473). Scale: Feld of view 1.2 mm.
© Canadian Mineralogist

Spertiniite: Cu(OH)2

Comments: Sparse blue spertiniite on serpentinite rock.
Location: Jeffrey Quarry, Asbestos, Quebec, Canada. Scale: See Photo.
© Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species

Spessartine: Mn++3Al2(SiO4)3

Comments: Dodecahedral crystal of spessartine garnet on matrix.
Location: Haramosh Mountains, Baltistan, Northern Areas, Pakastan. Scale: Not Given.
© Lou Perloff / Photo Atlas of Minerals

Sphaerobertrandite: Be3SiO4(OH)2

Comments: White to pale brownish, radial-concentric aggregates of sphaerobertrandite.
Location: Sengischorr Mt, Lovozero Massif, Kola Peninsula, Murmanskaja Oblast', Northern Region, Russia. Scale: Picture size 4 mm.
© Thomas Witzke / Abraxas-Verlag